Join Searchlab for a four part interview with Nicholas Hytner. In this first part, Nicholas talks about the process of brining his play to the big screen.

Nicholas Hytner is Director of the National Theatre. His work includes productions at the
Northcott Theatre, Exeter, Leeds Playhouse, and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, where he
was Associate Director. He has directed Measure for Measure, The Tempest and King Lear for
the RSC. For the National: Ghetto, The Wind in the Willows, The Madness of George III, The
Recruiting Officer, Carousel, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Winter's Tale, Mother Clap's Molly
House and, as Director of the NT, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, His Dark Materials, Henry V, The
History Boys and Stuff Happens. Other work in London includes Miss Saigon, The Importance of
Being Earnest, Cressida, The Lady in the Van, and Orpheus Descending; in New York he has
directed Carousel, Twelfth Night, and The Sweet Smell of Success on Broadway. Opera includes
productions for Kent Opera, ENO, Glyndebourne, Paris Opera, the The?a?tre du Cha?telet, Paris,
Geneva Opera, and the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. His films include THE MADNESS OF
KING GEORGE, THE CRUCIBLE and THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION.